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Re: Two body Sandwich Fix Proforma
From: David Pike
Date: 2014 Nov 16, 14:02 -0800
From: David Pike
Date: 2014 Nov 16, 14:02 -0800
Thanks Gary. I’ve just skimmed through these so far. I’ll look at them in detail later. I’d always wondered which sextant Fred Noonan used. The A7 looks a quality bit of kit. Was it from his airline days? The fact that it used a bubble rather hits on the head one suggestion I heard a few years ago that he forgot to apply dip. Did you by any chance attempt to take a photo though the eyepiece? I suppose without a mounting you’d need four hands. It is possible. Attached is a shot through the eyepiece of an ex RAF Smiths Pendulous Reference Sextant Mk2B perched on top of a set of steps, and a terrible shot through a terribly dirty RAF Bubble Mk9. The smudge on the right is the shadow of the hanger.
Steady for Astro. Dave
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